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Sebastian writes: the news coverage – about the attempt under way to raise money to re-open The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh has been extensive. The Crowdfunder has now raised over £30,000 and the Edinburgh Evening News is reporting that the [...]
Nick and Justyna Mushlin have just launched a crowdfunder under the banner “The New Jazz Bar – Saving The Music”. Their aims are described in detail on their Crowdfunder site – link below – are: “to start a new venture [...]
Lovers of vintage 1980s American and Brit Funk and funk jazz will be in for a special treat on 22 June when the Saturday Love All-Dayer comes to Broomfield Park in Palmers Green. From 1pm to 9pm, patrons will be [...]
Palle Danielsson has died, and with him, one of the most instantly identifiable bass sounds of all time. For many of us, his greatest work was with the Keith Jarrett band, for a brief period in the mid 1970s. Several [...]
The popular jazz series Out To Lunch, returns this summer for its 14th year. Initially OTL had a mixed programme that included jazz, but by 2012 jazz took over as the sole genre, reflecting what the audiences requested. Kicking off this June [...]
Pianist Geoff Castle (1949-2020), a member of Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Paz and Carmina was a “a pivotal and seemingly ubiquitous player on the British jazz scene” (Roger Farbey). His output ranged from contemporary Jazz & Latin to Folk and Caribbean. [...]
BBC Radio 3 has announced its next cohort of New Generation Artists for 2024-2026, among whom is saxophonist/bandleader/composer/arranger Emma Rawicz. Emma becomes the ninth jazz musician to join the scheme, now in its 25th year, and will do so in [...]
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Rosie Frater-Taylor is looking forward to her appearance in the series “Nigel Williams & Jazz FM present”, when she will be singing/playing a live session – and in conversation with Jazz FM’s finest, Nigel Williams, for a [...]
One of my obvious takeaways from taking on the role of running the UK’s presence at the jazzahead! trade fair last month is the constant demand for independently-minded UK and UK-connected acts and artists all across Northern Europe. Evidence to [...]
The programme for the 38th Glasgow Jazz Festival is announced, and tickets are now on sale. There is a host of Scottish stars, a long-awaited return of Bobby Watson, who was artist in residence in 1994, and appealing mix of [...]
